ZomboCom stolen by a hacker, sold, now replaced with AI-generated makeover
by bananaboy on 4/1/2026, 11:45:03 PM
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by: shagie
The last week of January, the site was intermittently serving back a 429 response (too many requests) as recorded by the wayback machine. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/Zombo.com" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/Zombo.com</a><p>In the first week of February, the site was down.<p>On the 8th, it was serving an error page from centos.<p>On the 9th, it was serving the new content. <a href="https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup" rel="nofollow">https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup</a> for zombo.com shows that it was updated on 2026-02-09 20:34:17 UTC<p>I believe that a more reasonable explanation would be that the domain name expired, someone saw that being the case, bought the domain name and hosted their own version of it.<p>I'm not sure that "stolen" is the proper verb to use, or that "hacker" is the appropriate attribution.
4/2/2026, 1:09:01 AM
by: paularmstrong
html5 zombocom still exists, for your viewing pleasure. you can do anything at zombocom. anything at all. the only limit is yourself.<p>[1]: <a href="https://html5zombo.com/" rel="nofollow">https://html5zombo.com/</a>
4/2/2026, 12:50:28 AM
by: tombert
I never imagined this happening. I guess the limitation really was my mind.
4/2/2026, 2:26:46 AM
by: tengbretson
I knew anything was possible at ZomboCom, but damn. I never expected this. Guess that's ZomboCom for ya.
4/2/2026, 12:33:15 AM
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4/2/2026, 1:51:03 AM
by: callbacked
if there is any consolation, this is still up<p><a href="https://github.com/Jonty/zombocom/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Jonty/zombocom/</a><p><a href="https://welcometozombo.com" rel="nofollow">https://welcometozombo.com</a>
4/2/2026, 1:16:03 AM
by: TurdF3rguson
How does a hacker steal a website? So many questions.
4/2/2026, 12:49:11 AM
by: fred_is_fred
The thread is lacking any detail on how the site was stolen and sold. Perhaps the "OG owner" as the poster calls it sold it for money?
4/2/2026, 12:46:24 AM
by: mattoxic
Another little corner of the internet is gone.<p>Had to check... but this is still here <a href="https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html" rel="nofollow">https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html</a>
4/2/2026, 1:36:19 AM
by: spullara
shoot i show that to people every once in a while
4/2/2026, 12:50:24 AM
by: ParadisoShlee
This is a real shame and I hope the original owners get it back... but that ai slop song is actually a banger
4/2/2026, 1:33:21 AM